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Old 08-12-2011, 09:29 PM
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Did I choose the wrong sorority? As in, did I pick the wrong one on my preference card? Yes. I did. But did I end up in the wrong one? Absolutely not. Sure, I wanted a different house, but fate knew what was best for me. I'm sure I could be happy in other chapters, but I honestly couldn't imagine it any other way.
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Old 08-13-2011, 04:06 PM
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I wonder if women who go through informal recruitment or COB are more prone to wonder "what if"? Because they didn't visit every house during formal recruitment, once they are on the other side they realize they probably would have fit in and enjoyed other chapters as well.
That's me.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE ADPi. But I did COB and I only went to ADPi. I wonder what would have happened had I gone through formal recruitment, would I have still ended up ADPi? I tend to think I might not have because I had good friends from high school in Alpha Phi and Chi Omega.
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Old 08-13-2011, 09:50 PM
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I wonder if women who go through informal recruitment or COB are more prone to wonder "what if"? Because they didn't visit every house during formal recruitment, once they are on the other side they realize they probably would have fit in and enjoyed other chapters as well.
I was a COB, and I didn't go through recruitment. (I go to a tiny school, so it's not that rare for it to happen.) I didn't even consider being Greek until I received an open bid to a house that I had several teammates in. Sometimes I wonder where I would have ended up if I did go through formal recruitment, because there is one other house on campus that I do like a lot and have friends in, but I am pretty sure I would have ended up in XO anyways.
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Old 08-15-2011, 09:33 PM
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I always have wondered what would have happened if I went to a school with national sororities instead of locals (I do remember someone at my college telling me that the school had local Greek organizations when I visited, but I didn't understand what that meant when I was 17 & making my college decision). Since then, a lot of people question why I would join a local organization. It also hurt me at several places I interviewed at grad schools because they believed there was no way I could work with nation organizations (luckily, where I ended-up, they didn't have an issue with my affiliation).
But even during undergrad, I had a lot of friends in the other sororities and many people where surprised when they found out what sorority I was in. I never really connected with my pledge class (but I did get alone with most of the girls in the pledge class above mine). However, I love my family line and we're really close. Also my sorority's creed describes exactly who I am and what I've always believed in.
I think for where I was, I made the best decision. However, looking back, I should have given other groups more of a chance because each of the groups have really great girls in them and I would have been lucky to be a member of any of them. But I still think I would have pledged the group that I did.
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Old 08-15-2011, 09:58 PM
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I thank the lucky stars that I stuck to my guns freshman year after receiving a bid to a place I really didn't feel comfortable. I came from a tiny town and a tiny prep school full of nerdy kids and the place I received a bid was a little to "wild" to me and to this day, after getting to know some of the lovely girls better, I still think they are too wild for me! I also remember telling my mother that if I was too embarrassed to wear a sorority's letters for WHATEVER reason (and this came up from every end of the spectrum in my very stereotyped small town mind) that I had no place taking a spot from a girl that would be proud to call herself an XYZ.

I also thank my lucky stars I was so involved in community service already after freshman year that when I found out about GSS I realized it was the prefect match for me. I will always wonder what it would be like to be in a more "recognized" sorority but at the same time it wouldn't be home. I love my sisters and they love me.

Funny story about that, 4 of the girls in my Pi Chi group pledged with me. We had been friends and experienced similar recruitments, all got bids to places we really didn't feel right with and all ended up together in the end!
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Old 08-19-2011, 07:29 PM
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As far as women who join through COB without ever having gone through any other form of rush, or without knowing any other sorority's women, they are few and far between.
That was me. The only other house I knew about was AOPi and that was just because their house was on the bus route. Otherwise I went in completely blind. I often wish I had gone through recruitment but I am pretty sure the result would have been the same and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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